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opposing the marriage protection amendment in north carolina. posing prop pigs 8 time after time the administration has refused to do anything to protect marriage while at the same time president obama continues to say that he believes marriage is the union of a man and woman. clearly that's because of the political reality that strong numbers of democrats oppose redefining marriage. in north carolina the number is somewhere around 48% that are going to vote for the marriage protection amendment so it's very bad politically for the administration or for the democratic party to endorse redefining marriage. >> ifill: let me ask mr. socarides. do you think this ought to be a litmus test issue say on the party platform this summer? we've heard some people, some prominent democrats like the mayor of los angeles say it should be. >> well, i don't think it should be a litmus test. i do think that it should be in the party platform because i think the democratic party should stand for full equality. but i think when you compare the two parties and when
opposing the marriage protection amendment in north carolina. posing prop pigs 8 time after time the administration has refused to do anything to protect marriage while at the same time president obama continues to say that he believes marriage is the union of a man and woman. clearly that's because of the political reality that strong numbers of democrats oppose redefining marriage. in north carolina the number is somewhere around 48% that are going to vote for the marriage protection...
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even north carolina voted for jimmy carter, virginia did not. for years and years and years, virginia was seen as a solid republican state. barack obama changed that when he also won north carolina and indiana. for mitt romney to win the presidency, he almost surely has to win virginia. if he doesn't win virginia, he has bigger problems. you mentioned ohio and florida. they're the states that we always expect to be in the fight. but if you start by losing a state that really, for years and years, had been in the republican column, you started behind. gwen: we've seen polls this week in all three of those states. what does it look like? >> "the washington post" had a poll today that showed barack obama with a lead in virginia. it's very early, but still, things that have been happening in virginia are problematic, or at least worrisome for romney and the republicans, because where obama did so well, there's a growing hispanic population there, and the hispanics are going to play crucial roles in other swing states. where he really did so well was
even north carolina voted for jimmy carter, virginia did not. for years and years and years, virginia was seen as a solid republican state. barack obama changed that when he also won north carolina and indiana. for mitt romney to win the presidency, he almost surely has to win virginia. if he doesn't win virginia, he has bigger problems. you mentioned ohio and florida. they're the states that we always expect to be in the fight. but if you start by losing a state that really, for years and...
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yet he invited me back up to his hometown in north carolina. he introduced me to his friends and family and his wife ashley as "this guy was out there with me." i was accepted into this rural baptist community. >> brown: the other striking thing about this striking documentary is the way you weave back and forth between the war and the home front. i want to show... it's hard to capture in a short film but i want to show a short clip. we're seeing sergeant harris first out in the battle feel field and the stress. then you quickly switch to a scene of him and his wife in the car. after they visited the doctor. let's roll that. >> i need you to go up there and the [bleep] bag, talk to these guys and find out what the [bleep] is going on. do you think i'm lying about it when i tell you i'm getting sick? >> no. just leave me alone. it's stupid. >> if you insist. just leave me alone. i was not mean to you. a little bit. okay. all i said was i didn't want you telling the doctor that we need to switch it to something else. i didn't want you messing me
yet he invited me back up to his hometown in north carolina. he introduced me to his friends and family and his wife ashley as "this guy was out there with me." i was accepted into this rural baptist community. >> brown: the other striking thing about this striking documentary is the way you weave back and forth between the war and the home front. i want to show... it's hard to capture in a short film but i want to show a short clip. we're seeing sergeant harris first out in the...
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. >> suarez: the announcement came this afternoon in greensboro, north carolina. former democratic presidential candidate john edwards was acquitted on one of the six counts against him. the others ended in a mistrial. edwards had waited for nine days before the jury delivered the only verdict it could agree on: not guilty on a single count of accepting illegal campaign contributions. he spoke later, outside the federal courthouse. >> all i can say is thank goodness, we live in a country that has the kind of system that we have. i want to make sure everyone hears from me and from my voice, while i do not believe i did anything illegal, i did an awful lot that was wrong. and there is no on else who is responsible for my sins. no one in the government. >> suarez: edwards was charged with violating campaign finance laws by having wealthy donors give nearly $1 million to hide his pregnant mistress. the scandal erupted when "the national enquirer" tabloid, uncovered his affair with rielle hunter, a videographer hired to document his bid for the 2008 democratic presiden
. >> suarez: the announcement came this afternoon in greensboro, north carolina. former democratic presidential candidate john edwards was acquitted on one of the six counts against him. the others ended in a mistrial. edwards had waited for nine days before the jury delivered the only verdict it could agree on: not guilty on a single count of accepting illegal campaign contributions. he spoke later, outside the federal courthouse. >> all i can say is thank goodness, we live in a...
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north carolina, a vital swing state. it is the callow political game. >> how much of a big deal about this is public opinion? >> is about 50/50. a democratic strategist says that in the train has left the station and he compared it to interracial marriage in the '60s were people were horrified at the idea and very quickly have accepted that it is a perfectly normal thing. did not seeghter's why all their friends should not be treated equally. the liberal base, younger people on the whole problem like this. it is somebody doing something that is forward-looking. >> they came under attack themselves. the attack underscores the weakness of the peace plan and raises the question, what next? >> they called a home is the capital of the revolution. this is a virtual ghost town. the syrian government rarely gives the media permission. there is a small team of unarmed u.n. monitors trying to maintain a fragile peace fire. tougher job, there is no truce in homes. >> and just love this house so that we are moving to this neighborho
north carolina, a vital swing state. it is the callow political game. >> how much of a big deal about this is public opinion? >> is about 50/50. a democratic strategist says that in the train has left the station and he compared it to interracial marriage in the '60s were people were horrified at the idea and very quickly have accepted that it is a perfectly normal thing. did not seeghter's why all their friends should not be treated equally. the liberal base, younger people on the...
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the presumptive republican nominee, mitt romney, visited a foundry in charlotte, north carolina. >> we have a president who's installed some of the old liberal policies from the past, and they didn't work then and they sure as heck are not working now, and they'll not work in the future. >> woodruff: the visit came just three days after north carolina voters approved a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. romney supports such bans, but he did not raise the issue today. nor did he mention "the washington post" report that, in high school, romney and others bullied a gay classmate by holding him down and cutting his hair. the candidate apologized yesterday on fox news, although he said he doesn't remember the incident, and did not know then that the boy was gay. >> there's no question but that i did some stupid things in high school and, obviously, if i hurt anyone by virtue of that, i would be very sorry for it and apologize for it. >> woodruff: meanwhile, president obama was in reno, nevada, where the recession hit especially hard, promoting his policies over republican ideas. >> i
the presumptive republican nominee, mitt romney, visited a foundry in charlotte, north carolina. >> we have a president who's installed some of the old liberal policies from the past, and they didn't work then and they sure as heck are not working now, and they'll not work in the future. >> woodruff: the visit came just three days after north carolina voters approved a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. romney supports such bans, but he did not raise the issue today. nor did...
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he is almost a proxy -- >> 31 states prohibit it, north carolina, which already prohibited it, pass a constitutional amendment -- >> and the polls show that sentiment is moving in another direction. we will probably see that at the polls. >> i suspect it will be a wash. with both of these guys, it is a question of reality over hope. a lot of people voted for obama with great hope, and the reality has not been as good as the hope. you look at romney's promises that you sort of hope, could that fix the economy, but it is the same policies of the george w. bush administration, which put us into a terrible mess. that is a fact, too. >> super pac money. >> message first? obama's message is far more salient. messages fair shot for everybody, everybody plays by the same rules, no special privileges, everybody pays his and her fair share. romney's message is back to the future -- get government out of the way, keep tax cuts for those who need them the least. those who are job creators, by his definition. i don't think there's any question that the obama message would carry against the romney
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our guest eric teal at first citizens bank with us tonight from research triangle park, north carolina. nice to see you. is this too crowded after a trade? is this an area where you're committing new money or just sticking with what you've got? >> well, tom, i think it's one of the best places to be in a market that's pretty challenging. we like companies that have high free cash flow, high return on equities in this type of environment. it's going to be challenging i think for all investors, but typically dividend paying stocks are a good place to be when the market becomes more cautious, as we see today. >> tom: certainly with interest rates being as low as they are hitting the yield and possible stock appreciation, nice one-two punch. you're looking in energy for one place, xle, the etf following the energy energy sector, you see oil prices at 10-month lows, does this concern you? >> it's a little concerning, we think there will be a pickup in demand right now. a lot of the pullback in oil prices has been based on a slowdown in global growth, that although broader economic growth wi
our guest eric teal at first citizens bank with us tonight from research triangle park, north carolina. nice to see you. is this too crowded after a trade? is this an area where you're committing new money or just sticking with what you've got? >> well, tom, i think it's one of the best places to be in a market that's pretty challenging. we like companies that have high free cash flow, high return on equities in this type of environment. it's going to be challenging i think for all...
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tell us about that side of this trial. >> well, for those of us from north carolina, we watch john edwards' meteoric rise if a local trial attorney to senator to vice presidential nominee for the democratic party. and as rapid as that rise was, his life fell apart even faster, and all the sordid details, some of comrp previously unknown bthat fall, have tumbled out into the courtroom. you know, it's-- it's shakespearean in its dramatic nature, and certainly there have been moments in the testimony, especially the testimony about his deceased wife, elizabeth edwards, and an argument they had at an airport in raleigh when she ripped over her blouse when she challenged him about the affair. some of the testimony was so emotional, that it hadn't his daughter fleeing in tears. the defense has tried to refocus from all that emotion, all that sex, all that scandal back to the central technical legal issue of were these campaign finance violations and take the emotion out of it. and they had some success in trying to do that in the last two days. >> woodruff: well, closing arguments tomorrow. we w
tell us about that side of this trial. >> well, for those of us from north carolina, we watch john edwards' meteoric rise if a local trial attorney to senator to vice presidential nominee for the democratic party. and as rapid as that rise was, his life fell apart even faster, and all the sordid details, some of comrp previously unknown bthat fall, have tumbled out into the courtroom. you know, it's-- it's shakespearean in its dramatic nature, and certainly there have been moments in the...
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boy, he was north carolina, the stories, the accent, the music. his longtime playing partner, david holtz, said he could take a new song and make it sound ancient and take an old song and put a new twist on it. >> brown: when i first saw him, as i suspect was for many people who saw him, it was with his longtime partner, his son, earl. i didn't realize earl started playing as a young boy, 15. >> i think he hid it from his dad. maybe doc was on the road and came home -- >> he didn't know how old his son was-- or his playing. >> didn't know earl was playing and they went on the road together and played together i believe from '64 to '85, when earl was killed tragically in a tractor accident. >> brown: what was that partnership like? >> i worked with doc a few times, introducing him at wolf trap and other venues, and i never heard him talk, so i can't tell you, but, boy, could they make music together. >> brown: when merle did die, one of the things doc watson did was found merle-fest in his honor. >> it's in about its 25th year. and doc was there in
boy, he was north carolina, the stories, the accent, the music. his longtime playing partner, david holtz, said he could take a new song and make it sound ancient and take an old song and put a new twist on it. >> brown: when i first saw him, as i suspect was for many people who saw him, it was with his longtime partner, his son, earl. i didn't realize earl started playing as a young boy, 15. >> i think he hid it from his dad. maybe doc was on the road and came home -- >> he...
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but that said, you know, we did a story in north carolina where a lot of people said, look, i'm going to vote for this gay marriage amendment, i'm not supporting gay marriage but i'm not going to leave the president because of one issue. it's hard to imagine his overwhelming support in the black community will somehow change based on one issue. >> i would agree. it's very hard. you have to have gay marriage ranked as number one in almost every constituency ranks it as something other than number one, no matter what that constituency is. having said that, the contrarian view would be when you look at the president's support in the african american community it's so high he can almost only go below that. which is to say he's still going to win and any change will be marginal but there's not much room for him to grow. all the room is to deteriorate. >> woodruff: is there much information available about the latino community? again, another community where the president enjoys high support-- not as high as among african americans. >> the polling is a little bit more... but sort of more op
but that said, you know, we did a story in north carolina where a lot of people said, look, i'm going to vote for this gay marriage amendment, i'm not supporting gay marriage but i'm not going to leave the president because of one issue. it's hard to imagine his overwhelming support in the black community will somehow change based on one issue. >> i would agree. it's very hard. you have to have gay marriage ranked as number one in almost every constituency ranks it as something other than...
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and we saw what happened in north carolina. the 30th state to put this on the ballot. they said no or said yes, let's keep this law in place. so the question for me is how do we get to this path where the democratic president is endorsing states' rights and the republican challenger is saying there should be federal intervention? >> well, on the president's side, he did two things. in "slate," his position and evolution on this, he said to gays and lesbians in america, i heard you. what you said over the years convinced me, which is a sort of active empathy -- public empathy in their views. the way advisors in the campaign and the white house talk about the president on this question of states' rights, the argument is he took a long time to get here. he's not suddenly going to say now that i'm here i'm going to tell you what to do, you on your same journey. that too is in a sense an act of empathy which is saying to those states, you're -- you haven't come along, i'm not going to force you. >> the last thing, the grand and elongated history of america on marriage has b
and we saw what happened in north carolina. the 30th state to put this on the ballot. they said no or said yes, let's keep this law in place. so the question for me is how do we get to this path where the democratic president is endorsing states' rights and the republican challenger is saying there should be federal intervention? >> well, on the president's side, he did two things. in "slate," his position and evolution on this, he said to gays and lesbians in america, i heard...
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north carolina. arizona. kentucky. florida. iowa. since 2003, there have been nearly 100 climbers killed on radio, tv and cell towers, a rate that is about ten times the average for construction workers. >> jay guilford, actually, this is what he was using... >> smith: to find out why, reporters at frontline and propublica investigated the 50 cell related deaths. but did they address the question of responsibility for... after pouring over thousands of documents, we discovered a complex web of subcontracting that has allowed the major carriers to avoid scrutiny when accidents happen. >> any of your cell phone carriers, as far as their concern, safety is our issue, not theirs. >> smith: ray hull is a tower climbing veteran. before cell phones, he worked mostly on tv and radio towers. >> any major tower company knew who i was, knew who my dad was, my granddad. i'm third generation in that line of work. >> smith: but with the boom in cell phones, the industry suddenly changed. >> there was a big push for these cell companies to start ex
north carolina. arizona. kentucky. florida. iowa. since 2003, there have been nearly 100 climbers killed on radio, tv and cell towers, a rate that is about ten times the average for construction workers. >> jay guilford, actually, this is what he was using... >> smith: to find out why, reporters at frontline and propublica investigated the 50 cell related deaths. but did they address the question of responsibility for... after pouring over thousands of documents, we discovered a...
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. >> woodruff: and yesterday, voters in north carolina voted overwhelmingly to amend the state constitution, banning same-sex marriage. in all, 30 states have now taken that step. we turn now to kerry eleveld, an author and journalist who covered the obama white house for "the advocate," a national gay and lesbian news magazine. kelly eleveld, thank you for joining us. do you know why president obama decided to make a statement now? >> well, based on your reporting, too, you saw in the piece you put out the conversation around this had just really amped up. the tenor had just really gotten really high and heated and i think vice president biden's comments-- which most and gays and lesbians really, really welcomed because he talked about marriage as being a commitment and how lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender americans want to participate in that type of commitment ceremony and have it be called a marriage-- those advanced the conversation and people were excited to see that. then you had white house aides trying to walk back that statement and i think what happened is that really worke
. >> woodruff: and yesterday, voters in north carolina voted overwhelmingly to amend the state constitution, banning same-sex marriage. in all, 30 states have now taken that step. we turn now to kerry eleveld, an author and journalist who covered the obama white house for "the advocate," a national gay and lesbian news magazine. kelly eleveld, thank you for joining us. do you know why president obama decided to make a statement now? >> well, based on your reporting, too,...
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in the last election, indiana and north carolina are places where the margin of victory among latinos was larger than the margin of victory statewide. >> ifill: a sore spot for republicans-- tough talk on immigration that rejects citizenship and focuses on law enforcement. >> the right course for america is to drop these lawsuits against arizona and other states that are trying to do the job barack obama isn't doing. i will drop those lawsuits on day one. i'll also complete the fence. and i'll make sure we have enough border patrol agents to secure the fence. >> ifill: but the state g.o.p. chairman says hispanic voters care about more than immigration. >> even if he talked to our... you know, to hispanics, immigration is not the top two or three issue. it's often down lower at number eight or nine. because, especially in colorado, a lot of hispanics-- in fact, the vast majority of hispanics have been here for generations, and so while they often have family members that are... that are recent immigrants, and we certainly do see a growing immigrant community, they also have an understa
in the last election, indiana and north carolina are places where the margin of victory among latinos was larger than the margin of victory statewide. >> ifill: a sore spot for republicans-- tough talk on immigration that rejects citizenship and focuses on law enforcement. >> the right course for america is to drop these lawsuits against arizona and other states that are trying to do the job barack obama isn't doing. i will drop those lawsuits on day one. i'll also complete the...
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carolina did in terms of medical homes for their medicaid, in other words they got, had to get a wave to do that, a waiver to do that, most of the states can't get a wave tore do that, where they have actually improved costs, improved out comes with people with chronic disease, in other words, not all wisdom is in washington. >> rose: but back to the ryan punishment, the president has called the ryan budget social darwinism, radical, and you are saying i will do more than the ryan budget. >> yes. what is radical. >> rose: i will do twice as much. >> what the president raises,. >> rose: in is what the president says, effectively saying look they are going to fix the budget on the backs of poor people. >> that is not true. let me give you the con truct in the opposite, if we do not get our act together, the people that are going to suffer are those very poor people. and we are going to wipe out our middle class. and even the very wealthy will survive at a lower level. they will make it and be fine, but the poor -- the very people that my compassionate liberal friends always defend by no
carolina did in terms of medical homes for their medicaid, in other words they got, had to get a wave to do that, a waiver to do that, most of the states can't get a wave tore do that, where they have actually improved costs, improved out comes with people with chronic disease, in other words, not all wisdom is in washington. >> rose: but back to the ryan punishment, the president has called the ryan budget social darwinism, radical, and you are saying i will do more than the ryan budget....
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we don't have those in north carolina. we have a handful of cities and counties out of the 625 cities and counties that have what they call domestic partner benefits. but the measure would not prohibit those cities and counties frombenefits if they do it in a different way. objective criteria, who lives in the household. >> but if it's the same in the end, if you have to say these benefits go to someone who pays rent in my house or someone i share my home or roommate, there is still a partner, so in the if they get the benefit why all the fuss going through this? >> well, i don't consider it a fuss at all to re-establish marriage in north carolina as one man and one woman. also prohibits polygamy. that is the best environment for raising children in a society. >> what many people don't seem to know, amendment one would dissolve partnerships of straight couples. >> i don't know what you mean by that. the amendment specifically allows contracts between individuals to be enforced if you would tell me what you mean i could add
we don't have those in north carolina. we have a handful of cities and counties out of the 625 cities and counties that have what they call domestic partner benefits. but the measure would not prohibit those cities and counties frombenefits if they do it in a different way. objective criteria, who lives in the household. >> but if it's the same in the end, if you have to say these benefits go to someone who pays rent in my house or someone i share my home or roommate, there is still a...
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mark in durham north carolina. hi, mark. >> good morning. >> hello. >> calling from north carolina with suggestion on how to deal with the confusion about the for versus against on the marriage amendment. >> okay. >> put obama bumper stickers in the lower-right-hand corner of the sign so it is clear who's side you are on. >> so we want to vote against. >> vote yes or no. >> no! attention north carolina vote against amendment one. thank you. [ nbc "nightly news" theme ] >> thank you. all right. let's go to vince in norfolk, virginia. >> hey steph. president obama is straight out of central casting. whenever you see like a black president in a movie, or a black police chief they are always calm, cool wise. you know this guy is everything we have ever written -- >> yeah i love the specials on the bin laden raid. i don't know if you saw the interview -- >> yeah i did. calm, cool even when he was asked the question about were you elated upon his death. he took time to answer it. he said i wouldn't say it was a high five
mark in durham north carolina. hi, mark. >> good morning. >> hello. >> calling from north carolina with suggestion on how to deal with the confusion about the for versus against on the marriage amendment. >> okay. >> put obama bumper stickers in the lower-right-hand corner of the sign so it is clear who's side you are on. >> so we want to vote against. >> vote yes or no. >> no! attention north carolina vote against amendment one. thank you. [ nbc...
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carolina. >> north carolina is an outlier. what was going on was the kind of demagoguing -- it is 33 out of 34 times when gay marriage has been defeated. didn't matter if bill clinton did robo calls and explained it had nothing to do -- how many times can you say something is illegal? it was already illegal. but that's never the point. this is about what karl rove said in 2004. you put these things on the ballot, they were on 12 ballots in 2004. that tipped the vote in ohio. you had a caller a minute ago who points out the president may say that he's evolving on this and he's struggling with it. but count on the fact that if this does depress african-american turnout, even by a couple of points, if he were to come out before the election and do what joe biden did on sunday and say it doesn't matter to me, then that's a problem for a potential mitt romney presidency. that's what we're dealing with. >> stephanie: so david if you were advising the president as you have campaigned since rutherford b. hayes, what would you tell him
carolina. >> north carolina is an outlier. what was going on was the kind of demagoguing -- it is 33 out of 34 times when gay marriage has been defeated. didn't matter if bill clinton did robo calls and explained it had nothing to do -- how many times can you say something is illegal? it was already illegal. but that's never the point. this is about what karl rove said in 2004. you put these things on the ballot, they were on 12 ballots in 2004. that tipped the vote in ohio. you had a...
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this as north carolina votes today on defining marriage as being only between a man and a woman. >>> and the scramble to find out what al qaeda is up to in the wake of a yemen plot to blow up planes in the u.s. using a device undetectable by those airport security scanners. what it means for flyers here at home. >>> and astounding new statistics on obesity in america, the price tag in terms of health costs staggering. >>> hi, everybody. i'm thomas roberts. a lot on the agenda this morning. we get straight to it. now that he's off the campaign trail, it appears that rick santorum is a late-night kind of guy. his first appearance since endorsing former rival mitt romney will be later today on "the tonight show" with jay leno. santorum's written endorsement was also released while many of you are probably sleeping. he didn't get to the actual endorsement part until paragraph 13. in that part he wrote, above all else, we both agree that president obama must be defeated, the task will not be easy, it will require all hands on deck if our moum is to be victorious. joining me for today's po
this as north carolina votes today on defining marriage as being only between a man and a woman. >>> and the scramble to find out what al qaeda is up to in the wake of a yemen plot to blow up planes in the u.s. using a device undetectable by those airport security scanners. what it means for flyers here at home. >>> and astounding new statistics on obesity in america, the price tag in terms of health costs staggering. >>> hi, everybody. i'm thomas roberts. a lot on...
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so everybody is safe in north carolina this morning. whoo! from the gays. >> they stopped evolution for another year. >> we're going to stop evolution from happening. >> we can't let it happen. >> i'm not though. i'm going to the middle of the country. i'm going to minneapolis. >> right you are. >> stephanie: i'm going to minnesota. >> downtown at one of the theatres. >> stephanie: you know what? everybody likes to bring a dish to pass when we do sexy liberal in minneapolis. kate and rad made their own promo. let's see my lovely talented girlfriend asked me to send promo. >> hello. high ya, sandy. oh yeah, i'm ready for the sexy liberal show. i even shaved my legs this month. ya! because you know i got the v.i.p. meet and grope tickets. ya, you betcha i did! oh, did you hear that stephanie is single now? ya! ya! ya! i don't think she would be interested sandy. i hear she likes them real young. like lindsay lohan young and pretty. okay then. i'll see you about noon on saturday. we gotta get that sexy on early. whoop whoop. stephanie miller sex
so everybody is safe in north carolina this morning. whoo! from the gays. >> they stopped evolution for another year. >> we're going to stop evolution from happening. >> we can't let it happen. >> i'm not though. i'm going to the middle of the country. i'm going to minneapolis. >> right you are. >> stephanie: i'm going to minnesota. >> downtown at one of the theatres. >> stephanie: you know what? everybody likes to bring a dish to pass when we do...
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and as north carolina considers rewriting its constitution to ban same sex marriage, a north carolina pastor steps up and rewrites the question every voter should be asking themselves before they cast that vote tomorrow in north carolina. you will hear what that pastor has to say next. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] virtual wallet can help you be that person who's good with money. see what's free to spend. move money with a slide. save with a shake. feel good about your decisions. but last year my daughter was checking up on me. i wasn't eating well. she's a dietitian, and she suggests that i try boost complete nutritional drink to help get the nutrition i was missing. now i drink it every day and i love the great taste. [ female announcer ] boost has 26 essential vitamins and minerals, including calcium and vitamin d to help keep bones strong and 10 grams of protein to help maintain muscle. and our great taste is guaranteed or your money back. learn more at boost.com. [ dad ] i choose great taste. i choose boost. learn more at boost.com. today is gonna be an important day for us. you
and as north carolina considers rewriting its constitution to ban same sex marriage, a north carolina pastor steps up and rewrites the question every voter should be asking themselves before they cast that vote tomorrow in north carolina. you will hear what that pastor has to say next. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] virtual wallet can help you be that person who's good with money. see what's free to spend. move money with a slide. save with a shake. feel good about your decisions. but last year...
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and north carolina has a demmic governor. and i don't think there has been enough education around -- about it. and the fact that they already have a gay ban in place. this is basically republican mischief, and in 2004 the fact that there was gay marriage on the ballot in a number of places including ohio a lot of democrats think that kerry would have won ohio if that gay marriage issue wasn't there. this issue can burn. i don't think it can burn as much as it did in '04, but in selective places it is very important to people and i think that if -- if the president gets out too far in front, it hurts him with swing voters with african-americans, with hispanics. they are not as far out on this issue as a lot of us urban dwellers. >> richard lugar has lost in his primary to richard murdoch. if you can tell us the impact of that and really the tea party side of it. >> the tea party has lost a lot -- lot of its strength i think but it can still be powerful in a lot of places -- >> and richard lugar was the longest-serving republi
and north carolina has a demmic governor. and i don't think there has been enough education around -- about it. and the fact that they already have a gay ban in place. this is basically republican mischief, and in 2004 the fact that there was gay marriage on the ballot in a number of places including ohio a lot of democrats think that kerry would have won ohio if that gay marriage issue wasn't there. this issue can burn. i don't think it can burn as much as it did in '04, but in selective...
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we've had a huge early turnout good nor north carolina and voters. at the end of the day we'll know. we have seven or eight more hours of voting and i'm urging everybody to get out and vote no in north carolina. this hurts our brand. our state has been known around america and around the world as a prossive leader, inviting state. the hub of business and opportunity. this is bad for business. >> do you think that the democratic party should hold its convention in this state if it ends up passing a constitutional amendment like this? let me ask you this? do you think charlotte if this amendment was on the books works that have cost charlotte the democratic convention? >> no. charlotte was chosen because of the spirit of north carolina, and because the president and his team really has, had great experience in this state. nobody thought he could carry this state in 2008. he's going to carry the state in 2012. the conventional going to give a lot of people an opportunity to see north carolina. it will give us a showcase around the world a great place to
we've had a huge early turnout good nor north carolina and voters. at the end of the day we'll know. we have seven or eight more hours of voting and i'm urging everybody to get out and vote no in north carolina. this hurts our brand. our state has been known around america and around the world as a prossive leader, inviting state. the hub of business and opportunity. this is bad for business. >> do you think that the democratic party should hold its convention in this state if it ends up...
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and as north carolina considers rewriting its constitution to ban same sex marriage, a north carolina pastor steps up and rewrites the question every voter should be asking themselves before they cast that vote tomorrow in north carolina. you will hear what that pastor has to say next. people with a machine. what ? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it ? hello ? hello ?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello ? ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. challenge that. olay smooth finish facial hair removal duo. first a gentle balm then the removal cream. effective together with less irritation and as gentle as a feather. olay hair removal duo. do you really think brushing is enough to keep it clean? while brushing misses germs in 75% of your mouth, listerine cleans virtually your entire mouth. so take your oral health to a whole new level. listerine... power to your mouth. ♪ power surge, let it blow your mind. [ male announcer ] for fruits, veggies and natural green tea energy... new v8 v-fusion plus energy. could've had a v8. >>
and as north carolina considers rewriting its constitution to ban same sex marriage, a north carolina pastor steps up and rewrites the question every voter should be asking themselves before they cast that vote tomorrow in north carolina. you will hear what that pastor has to say next. people with a machine. what ? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it ? hello ? hello ?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello ? ally bank. no nonsense. just...
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chairman steele, i want to remind everybody about north carolina voting today on amendment one. that defines marriage between a man and a woman. the president hasn't taken a firm stance on marriage equality. but he has come out against amendment one. if the president does voice support of marriage equality, does he risk alienating voters in key battleground states like north carolina, florida, virginia? >> yes, he does. that's the political calculation here. i would agree with my friend jonathan capehart on the substance of it in terms of what the president should do. we all know where he stands. this idea floating around washington that the president is going to come out for supporting gay marriage after the election is just inane. people looking for principle leadership, if it's a part of your core, we expect you to stand firm in it, regardless of what the polls say or how a particular group in a battleground state may interpret it. the reality is right now, the country is looking for principled leadership as much as people want to jam up mitt romney on what happened in that l
chairman steele, i want to remind everybody about north carolina voting today on amendment one. that defines marriage between a man and a woman. the president hasn't taken a firm stance on marriage equality. but he has come out against amendment one. if the president does voice support of marriage equality, does he risk alienating voters in key battleground states like north carolina, florida, virginia? >> yes, he does. that's the political calculation here. i would agree with my friend...
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caller: north carolina is a beautiful state. i would agree with the mayor that president obama inherited a bad hand. however, i will call it political spin to say that because the unemployment rate is coming down, his policies are working. because the unemployment rate has been coming down because the labor force has been shrinking because people are dropping out. now, i'm 64 years old so i remember that ronald reagan came into office and he inherited an economic situation similar to that which obama inherited. the unemployment rate reached 10.8% early in his presidency. but his prescription was almost the exact opposite of obama's. his prescription was smaller government, lower taxes and less government regulation. and 3 1/2 years into his presidency, our economy was creating more than 300,000 jobs a month despite the fact that the population of the country was smaller then than it is now. host: i'll stop you there. thank you for the call and the comment. mayor foxx said one of the pages that the romney campaign hopes to use in
caller: north carolina is a beautiful state. i would agree with the mayor that president obama inherited a bad hand. however, i will call it political spin to say that because the unemployment rate is coming down, his policies are working. because the unemployment rate has been coming down because the labor force has been shrinking because people are dropping out. now, i'm 64 years old so i remember that ronald reagan came into office and he inherited an economic situation similar to that which...
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in north carolina, the focus is on an amendment to ban gay marriage in the state of north carolina even though it's already banned there. much of the campaign against the aents-gay amendment has focused on the fact that it's language would not just ban marriage rights for same sex couple, it would ban all legal rights for all unmarried couples in the state. there are hundreds of thousands of unmarried couples who have some recognized legal status whether it's around child custody or police and prosecutor being able to protect you against domestic violence. that point about unmarried couples who aren't gay, that point said the anti-gay amendment will hurt them in north carolina by making the state an unattractive place to recruit top talent to work, those arguments and not the gay rights arguments were the focus of this robo call from bill clinton. >> i'm calling to urge you to vote against amendment one. fp it passes it won't change north carolina's law on marriage. what it will change is north carolina's ability to keep good businesses, attract new jobs and attract and keep talented en
in north carolina, the focus is on an amendment to ban gay marriage in the state of north carolina even though it's already banned there. much of the campaign against the aents-gay amendment has focused on the fact that it's language would not just ban marriage rights for same sex couple, it would ban all legal rights for all unmarried couples in the state. there are hundreds of thousands of unmarried couples who have some recognized legal status whether it's around child custody or police and...
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been together 45 years will share their reaction to the north carolina north carolina vote to ban marriage equality and today's announcement by the president. they will share that, along with zack walls, who will give us his reaction and both of his mother's reactions. and the rewrite tonight, the fox news host who says president obama is on the right side of history. coming up. [ male announcer ] at home, you play a lot of roles. [ son ] mom, computer's broke! where's i.t. mom? she quit. [ male announcer ] even with technology -- it's all you. that's why you've got us. get up to $200 dollars off select computers. staples that was easy. today training depends on technology. and when it takes a battery, there are athletes everywhere who trust duracell. they rely on copper to go for the gold. duracell. trusted everywhere. i'm here to unleash my inner cowboy. instead i got heartburn. [ horse neighs ] hold up partner. prilosec isn't for fast relief. try alka-seltzer. it kills heartburn fast. yeehaw! ♪ power surge, let it blow your mind. [ male announcer ] for fruits, veggies and natural gree
been together 45 years will share their reaction to the north carolina north carolina vote to ban marriage equality and today's announcement by the president. they will share that, along with zack walls, who will give us his reaction and both of his mother's reactions. and the rewrite tonight, the fox news host who says president obama is on the right side of history. coming up. [ male announcer ] at home, you play a lot of roles. [ son ] mom, computer's broke! where's i.t. mom? she quit. [...
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there could be fallout in north carolina. but, yes, they also blow they can make up for that with young voters, the president kicked off the rallies on saturday kicking off the campaign, two college campuses. and the college democrats and college republicans often oppose each other but coming together on an issue like same-sex marriage and something to watch, african-american turn out. if you look at poll this is a significant majority of african-american voter whose do not support same-sex marriage. obviously they are counting on a big turn out among the african-american voters. the white house insists it will not hurt town out with african-american voters but that is something to watch. >>neil: great reporting, ed. where is romney? he is expected to take questions from reporters and this will come out, oklahoma city, i apologize and he will take questions on this, no doubt, and mitt romney will also be my special guest on this show tomorrow. and the race was already mechanic -- neck and neck. do you take the focus off the e
there could be fallout in north carolina. but, yes, they also blow they can make up for that with young voters, the president kicked off the rallies on saturday kicking off the campaign, two college campuses. and the college democrats and college republicans often oppose each other but coming together on an issue like same-sex marriage and something to watch, african-american turn out. if you look at poll this is a significant majority of african-american voter whose do not support same-sex...
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so the democratic party watching, i think, north carolina, very carefully. >> he had north carolina last time around. >> barely, but had it. we'll see how that plays out. >>> the defense in the john edwards case is gearing up for its own presentation set to begin tomorrow or possibly friday. >> it's still unclear when the most highly anticipated witness will be called to the stand. scott goldberg is joining us with the latest testimony. good morning, scott. >> reporter: good morning rob and sunny. maybe today will be the day that the jury hears from rielle hunter. she did not take the stand yesterday. instead the jury heard testimony that even after his affair with her made headlines, john edwards still thought he had a bright future in politics. late in the afternoon, wendy button, a former speechwriter for john edwards testified the former presidential candidate knew a wealthy benefactor, fred baron, was spending money to cover up the affair with rielle hunter and support the baby edwards had with her. it's something edwards has long denied and could turn out to be pivotal testimony. e
so the democratic party watching, i think, north carolina, very carefully. >> he had north carolina last time around. >> barely, but had it. we'll see how that plays out. >>> the defense in the john edwards case is gearing up for its own presentation set to begin tomorrow or possibly friday. >> it's still unclear when the most highly anticipated witness will be called to the stand. scott goldberg is joining us with the latest testimony. good morning, scott. >>...
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host: we'll go to our north carolina line for our voters in north carolina. david is waiting on the independent line. he wants to talk to our pope. caller: good morning. i am an independent thinker. long time resident of north carolina. you have not really mentioned the onslaught that conservatives had to withstand from the media. just a few years ago, we had our first republican governor in north carolina. now have a republican legislature. all we are trying to do is level the field of ideas. i think you have been instrumental in doing that. i wonder seeking comment about the other forces that are impacting, if you well, the media, the newspapers. people like that. i will hang up. thank you. guest: well, in north carolina, like in many states, at the national level, our main newspapers do strongly leaned liberal or democratic. for years, the only endorsed democratic candidates. occasionally, now they endorse republicans. the media is predominately for liberal policies and of the democratic party. we have had a situation where the left started attacking repub
host: we'll go to our north carolina line for our voters in north carolina. david is waiting on the independent line. he wants to talk to our pope. caller: good morning. i am an independent thinker. long time resident of north carolina. you have not really mentioned the onslaught that conservatives had to withstand from the media. just a few years ago, we had our first republican governor in north carolina. now have a republican legislature. all we are trying to do is level the field of ideas....
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. >> never has north carolina loomed so large in presidential politics. in 2008. senator obama carried the tar heel state and 15 electoral votes by .4%, fewer than 14,000 votes. four years later the state's population of the registered voters between 18 and 25 has plunged by nearly 50,000. with more than 80% of the vanished voters registered democrats. >> while the nation's unemployment rate stands at # .2%, at no time in the obama presidency has north carolina's jobless rate dipped below #.5% -- 9.5%. in 35 of the 3 months that obama has been in the oval office, north carolina jobless rate stood above 10 or 11%. on a visit to metal works in charlotte, presumptive g.o.p. nominee mitt romney sought to stoke the discontent. >> the recovery has been the slowest, most tepid since hoover. it's that way because president policy has not encouraged the policy to grow. they scare the dickens out of banks and scare the dickens out of insurance companies a scared employees in manufacturing sector. >> they might respond to the endorsement of gay marriage by obama coming waun
. >> never has north carolina loomed so large in presidential politics. in 2008. senator obama carried the tar heel state and 15 electoral votes by .4%, fewer than 14,000 votes. four years later the state's population of the registered voters between 18 and 25 has plunged by nearly 50,000. with more than 80% of the vanished voters registered democrats. >> while the nation's unemployment rate stands at # .2%, at no time in the obama presidency has north carolina's jobless rate dipped...
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north carolina, rachel? >> there has, actually, yes. in gilford county, near us here in raleigh, there's been a lawsuit filed challenging our state's right to license marriage. so the threat to marriage is very real in this state. and the people of north carolina need to join together today and preserve marriage from such activism. we've been waiting for this opportunity for nearly a decade now. and the people of this state are excited and enthusiastic to come together tonight in the effort to preserve marriage. >> jen, how real is that threat in north carolina? >> well, pardon my french, but many of our legal experts think there's a snowball's chance that any activist judge would overturn our current laws banning same-sex marriage in north carolina. i've lived in north carolina all my life. i'm also a licensed attorney. and our supreme court judges here in north carolina are some of the most conservative in the country. they won't be coming out to activate against gays and lesbians in the state. they will b
north carolina, rachel? >> there has, actually, yes. in gilford county, near us here in raleigh, there's been a lawsuit filed challenging our state's right to license marriage. so the threat to marriage is very real in this state. and the people of north carolina need to join together today and preserve marriage from such activism. we've been waiting for this opportunity for nearly a decade now. and the people of this state are excited and enthusiastic to come together tonight in the...
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north carolina. those are all states that are crucial to the president's re-election bid. now, with this position he has taken today, he is on the other side of the majorities in the states, voter whose voted to ban same sex marriage. also, while this is an evolution in then senator obama, the candidate, and president obama, in his early statements, as a candidate for state senator in illinois in 1996 he filled out a questionnaire at newspaper saying "i favor legalizing same-sex marriage," so this is full circle from where he was in 1996. >>shepard: a last the country has made it, as well. i am curious whether you believe in this time of rising debt and medical issues and all the rest, if republicans would go out on a limb and try to make this a campaign issue while sitting very firmly without much question on the wrong side of history? >>bret: i don't about that. you point to the poll, 50-48 which is very close and you are right, there has been an evolution on people's thinking but you still look at 32 states when put to a vote, a referendum in those states, and most rece
north carolina. those are all states that are crucial to the president's re-election bid. now, with this position he has taken today, he is on the other side of the majorities in the states, voter whose voted to ban same sex marriage. also, while this is an evolution in then senator obama, the candidate, and president obama, in his early statements, as a candidate for state senator in illinois in 1996 he filled out a questionnaire at newspaper saying "i favor legalizing same-sex...
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that the convention is going to be held in north carolina. they already have labor leaders pissed off about having the convention in a right to work state. they can't have two core groups mad at them. >> i wrote something, and i says president obama supports same-sex marriage. i believe it in my heart. i can't prove it, but i thb is the case. three minutes later, the abc interview came out and i had to go and revise my article. i didn't think he was going to come out and say it this soon. i'm glad he did. i think they realized consequences aren't going to be that dire. 57% of independents support same-sex marriage. and black people, not supporting barack obama because of this issue? that's a pipe dream. there has never been a single black candidate, elected official, lost office for supporting same-sex marriage. it won't happen to the first african-american president of the united states. no way blacks will abandon obama on this issue. >> i don't mean to knock abc news. they showed the great interview, and a man on the street and a black vote
that the convention is going to be held in north carolina. they already have labor leaders pissed off about having the convention in a right to work state. they can't have two core groups mad at them. >> i wrote something, and i says president obama supports same-sex marriage. i believe it in my heart. i can't prove it, but i thb is the case. three minutes later, the abc interview came out and i had to go and revise my article. i didn't think he was going to come out and say it this soon....